Making the most of The Great Outdoors:- Cycling- Backpacking- Walking- Camping and Caravanning
in 'Eva the Eriba' my Eriba Touring Troll 540.
Travelling at the Speed of Life because everyday is a holiday...........

Sunday, 8 October 2017

Back in Devon..

A week ago we rolled out of Verwood in Dorset and are now back in Devon....Before we left Dorset we said goodbye to family and friends again and on the Monday morning just before we left the site Richard the manager popped over to say goodbye as did Andy and his wife Jayne the site assistants....Next year Andy and Jayne will be at the Veryan site in Cornwall ....Richard and his wife Angela will be staying at Verwood for another year and my old walking buddy Gideon and his partner Angie will be joining them for the season from spring to autumn at Verwood....This is where we are now:-

This was the very first site that we pitched up at when we set out on this fulltiming caper two and a half years ago....We thought that it was time that we made a return visit and it is also just a short drive from where Anne's mother lives....It had been my plan to drive out this past week and meet up with Howard a friend from the Backpackers club who was leading a three night backpack up on the moor.... On one of the nights they were planning on camping at Princetown and I was hoping to catch up with them at the pub..... However, as is often the case with a good idea the day after we arrived here I was struck with a really bad cold and had to spend a few days in bed.... It was a great pity because I haven't seen him for over two years and I hate the thought of losing touch....

Entrance to the Site (our unit can be seen 2nd on the left)

We have another couple of weeks here and then we will re-locate again to our winter seasonal pitch at Tavistock....Tavistock is only 26 miles away from here so it really is just a short hop to get there......While we are here we will have a few walks along the Two Moors Way (TMW) as it passes the site just a couple of hundred yards up the road..... There is a nice pub at Drewsteignton which is on the TMW route..... I am also hoping to get a few rides in as there is a nice road route that appears to be popular with a lot of local road riders....I think that we are planning on a day in Exeter tomorrow.....

Evening view from Eva the Eriba.....

When we pack up the inflatable awning prior to leaving here we are hoping for some nice weather as it will be packed away for the winter so we need it to be nice and dry for winter storage.....When we are at Tavistock we will be using our poled winter awning again......

2 comments:

*Bob Andrews*Thanks for the details ref Bob Cartwright's podcast... I will check it out.....I walked the Two Moors Way route myself a few years ago...it was one of my solo walks although I did meet up with a couple of other walkers during the boring bit between Dartmoor and Exmoor......